Miriam Long won a $1 million Powerball prize after accidentally hitting the wrong button at a lottery vending machine. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Lottery April 4 (UPI) — A Virginia woman who accidentally hit the wrong button on a lottery vending machine ended up winning a $1 million Powerball prize thanks to her mistake….
Described by observers as angry, President Joe Biden on Thursday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu killing aid workers is unacceptable. According to a White House readout of the call, Biden said an immediate ceasefire in Gaza is essential to protect innocent civilians. It was Biden’s first talk with Netanyau since Israel killed World Central…
April 4 (UPI) — The state of Oklahoma executed its first death row inmate of 2024 Thursday morning. Michael Dewayne Smith, 41, was executed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester for the murders of 40-year-old Janet Moore and 24-year-old Sharath Pulluru in February 2002. Smith, who was then 19 years old…
While Brazil and Colombia saw forest loss drop, their progress was offset by rises elsewhere Tropical forests continued disappearing at a “stubbornly” high rate last year, putting a global goal to end deforestation by 2030 “far off track”, new research shows. The equivalent of ten football pitches of tropical forests – 3.7 million hectares –…
Groundworks specialist Bowie Construction has filed a notice of intent to appoint administrators, after apparently being hit by cashflow issues on a bad job. The Cambridgeshire company turned over £14.5m and made a pre-tax loss of £996,830 in its latest set of accounts, which covered 1 January to 30 December 2022. It shortened its accounting…
Clients withheld more than £2m from Readie Construction after it stopped being able to obtain bonds, according to a new report published yesterday. A statement of proposals from administrators at Begbies Traynor gave more information about the circumstances leading to the company’s collapse, based on information provided by director Stuart Read. The report added that…
Ardmore is to deliver the second and final phase of a life science campus in King’s Cross, north London. The contractor was appointed by Reef Group, the developer of the 1 million square foot Tribeca campus that includes laboratories, housing, shops and restaurants plus public realm areas. Phase one of the Tribeca scheme in the…
Less than two-thirds of the expected number of building inspectors had applied for new competence certification when the government extended the deadline in March, Construction News can reveal. Last July, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said that 4,500 building-control professionals would need to be certified by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) by 6 April…
A LinkedIn post by a recruiter has sparked debate among job seekers after she shared insights into a recent hiring process. In her viral post on the popular career-based social media site, Lusely Martinez revealed the staggering numbers behind a recent technical role she filled. The position attracted a whopping 3,360 applicants and 7 referrals….
A man was left in hysterics when he failed to recognize his face on his cruise ship identification card. Cyrus Steele, 45, was asked to smile for the camera at the start of a cruise that he was working on as an entertainer. However, he was shocked by the results. He told Newsweek: “I found…
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